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Mrs Bridge by Evan S Connell

  ' Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.'                                                                                                          Machiavelli  Not a quote from the book, but a line that kept coming to mind as I read on through the life of Mrs Bridge.  All those of you who think that our lives have never been put through such scrutiny should spare a thought for the Country Club classes living in Kansas between the wars. The picture on the cover is very apt because the story is told through a collection of short accounts that gradually develop into a detailed personality portrait of India Bridge.  Throughout...